Court-Approved Transcriptionists

To obtain an official transcript of an electronically recorded court proceeding

The King County Superior Court Clerk is designated to develop local procedures and maintain of list of locally approved court-approved transcribers. To view the current list, click on the list bar below.

King County Local Civil Rule (LCR) 80.(d)(4): Verbatim Report of Proceedings. Preparation of an official transcript of electronically recorded proceedings conducted in Superior Court (including video tape, audiotape and digital recordings) shall be completed by a court-approved transcriber in accordance with procedures developed by the Office of the Administrator for the Courts and the King County Superior Court Clerk.

The program requires a yearly renewal process, which occurs during the month of December. Each transcriber must resubmit updated documentation in December to the Court Recording Program Manager in order to remain on the court-approved transcriber list for the following year.

Court-approved transcriber assignments may come from two sources: (1) a private party or law firm, or (2) the Clerk's Office Records Access staff.

An interested individual or law firm may directly contact a court-approved transcriber and arrange for an official transcript to be produced at the rate identified on the transcriber's services and charges information sheet provided to the clerk's office. For official transcripts assignments paid for with public funds, at a rate fixed by statute or regulation, Clerk's office staff will contact the transcriber directly with the assignment. Court-approved transcribers agree to accept an equitable share of public funded assignments. Assignments will be rotated through all transcribers on the court-approved list.

Upon payment and request by a court-approved transcriber, clerk's office staff will upload a copy of the recorded court proceeding into the secure file transfer system "ShareFile" for retrieval by the transcriber. For information on ShareFile, view: www.sharefile.com.